Grouping mechanism for voting-machines.



10.847.041 PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907. w. M. DELAVAN a; A` cAMP. GARUUPING MEGHANISM PoR VOTING MACHINES.

APPLIQATION FILED-lascia 1906.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

WITNESSES: 3; INVENTOBS No. 847,047. 4 APATENTE) MAR. l2, 1907. W.` M. DELAVAN A. B. CAMP. GRUUPING MEUHANISM FORVDTNG MAUHINES.

APPLICATION FILED DELZG. 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2J WITNESSES: INVENTORS A .vAN and ARTHUR AB.

BA'rnNfr clarion..

" serre, estancias o .WILL-ARD. M, nan-Avian .AND ARTHURLB; ein?, or' PITTSFILD, Mass/Acnu- TRIUMPH vor-1Ne- MAcHlNE .coMPANY yor PrTTs eraan-MASSACHUSETTS, A' coaronxrongor 'NEW JE'irsirrl Noi 847.04?.

GRQUPilNG -M EcjHANls'm Fon.' v forl Nie-:MACHINES pplicatior filedl December 26,1908, Serial No. 349.551.

invented a 'neW'and'usefnl Grouping Mechlowingis aspeci cation.4

This invention -relatestc that portion of the mechanism of a voting-machine that hasis used as broadlylde-l voterst'o volte for more' than one candidate for ffor. apluralityof members of a board', com-'- mission, cou'r-,tgorafdelegation of two orimore 1 members.- '.Suppoise,4 as an'fillustration, that thelsame olliceaafor example, in voting a plurality ofcommisjsioners are to be' elected .The invention 1 s shown as appliedl to a vertical machine]J socalled', inv Which'the names of .party .candidates areplaced in vertical 'col-- u'rnns'a'nd thenames ofall v'candidates for the Vsame office are placed'in'horizon'tal lines, .the

vname 'of `each candidate being inv its proper party-column; butthe invention is ofcourse equally' applic able to a horizont al machine,

.so called,- in which the names of party candi-v dates'- areplaced in horizontal lines and the -nalnes of candidates for the same office are- '--placed in vertical columns. 'The machineis i provided Witlfhorizontally placed 'flexible memberscorresponding with the .horizontalv Vlines"offrialnes'o f candidates, the 'act of voting being performed by movement of voting members,iwhich 'when lactuated produce' a bend or slack -in-.vthe corresponding flexible member', 'each flexible member being tighten'ed'up', so as to have `but one'slack in it, thus making it normally'impossible'for a voter votefor but one candidate for any office. In the 'present' instance We have shown the act of'voting as-perforinedby means of shafts which When oscillated cause corresponding` locking-dogs toA press upon the flexiblemembers and makebends or slacks therein. 'We shall not describe the voting mechanism in detail, however, for thereason that it forms no portionofthe present invention.

' '.'lhe present invention consists. in certain yconstruc/tions and in certain parts, improve- 'seriptive of a stylefof votin'gyvhicli permits Y detail elevation vention in which the flexible returning memv ,Ine-ansof sc 'rewa-V ments, and combinations to 'adapt a votinglI'nachine fo r",-A -roup voting which. permit groups offlexib efrnembers to be so connected' .up as to permit a @number of votes corre- Yspending 'With; the number of flexible mem- 'bers' in the groupto beV c'ast inaccor'dance with'the .will of the voter,V all in one line-or in different'lines', as preferred', inbeng impossi-- ble, however', for the voter tocast but one vote-for any' 'x`arilldate or morevotes -for the office'. than the'reare flexible members in the group. l

Inthe, accompanyingdrajvvings, forming a' parts Figure' 1 is'an elevation ofso much of the mechanism of avOtmg'-ma`ch1n'e as is necessary -to illustrate the application ofv ourv inventi'on thereto; Fig, 2, asection on the line 2 anli that several vparties have made nominapart of. this specification, in which ereference characters "are used to indicate the 4severalA 2 in Fig. 1 looking (l0-Wm the flexible group-- ing -mernbe'r and tlexiblereturning member being omitted; Eigf, a detail elevation, on a large'rlscale, illustrating aform. ofthe i nven tion embodying an additional' adjustment for illustrating a form of the in.

b er is dispensedlvvith andthe slides are 'returned by other means, and Fig. 6v is a sec-l .tionen the line 6 vin Fig. 5 look1'ng down.

10 denotesthe base'or the mach1-11e l1, the

top plate;` 12, votingmem-'oer' uprights or standards 13, the grouping'upright or standard; 14, the'. party-oars, which are, provided with notchesl and a rack 117 ,5116, voting members, ,and 419 party-levers, whose shafts 190 carry pinions 1,8, which engagethe racks on the. party-hars.

The voting-member uprights. are provided with lugs 21, by which the Wedge-oars or resetting-slides 22 .and the restrict-oars 23 are supportedanrl on which they slide longitudinally, and with vertical grooves 20, in which the party-hars slide 'lhe voting members 16 comprise shafts l160,

locking-lugs 161, and operating-levers 162. The party-lever shaftsy and voting-member shafts are journaled in front plate 24 and in the voting-member uprights. Lugs 21 on the lever-uprights serve the additionalfunc `tion of bracing and. supportin' the front plate which is. ordinarily secure thereto by (Not shovvn in the dravsl l ings.) i yThe iront plate is in practice' provided with ways (not shown) 'Wliieh receive ballot-. l strips in the usual manner. The-restrictingbars 23 are secured, by means ofserews' 26, to a vertical tie-bar 25, and wedge-bars orresetting-slides22 are rigidly secured to a vertical tie-bar 27, reeiprooatory lmotion being- -imparted to the Wedge-bars or resetting slides and to the restricting-bars through `theeorresponding tie-bars 'by .means net 'shown in the drawings.

2S denotes flexible members, yinthe present i' instance metallie strips, which lie under the front and bark plates areseeured Ito th'efend. strip and eross-pieeesby means of screws' or looking-lugs of the -voting members and` are nt or llexedthereby inthe operationof voting, as dearly shown in the drawings.

The right end ol" each flexible lnemberis secured to some fixed part the maehine.

(Net shown in the drawings.) The' left end.

of each llexihlememher is connected, as at 30,' to a turnbutkle 32, which provides "a means for adjusting the length of the flexible members in assembling the machine and-also for tightening them should they heroine stretched 'in use. Theleft fend of theturnbuckle is rigidlyy secured to or formed integral with a slide y33. Onoppesite sides 4of the slides are flanged rollersB and 35.0,f1nounted to rotate ontransverse pins 34,' whieh passl through the slides. In practise the ends oi" tle pms are headed to retain the rollers vin p eee. wholeweliave-in irl-ate( by i3, comprises a back plate 36, a front plate 37, 'an end stri-p .'58, and cross-pieces 39 at the right. '.The

in any suitable manner. .The front plate and back plate are provid-ed with'groovesQQ,

lving intermediate the cross-pieces, in Whit-,liv

laxwed rollers 35 and 350 on thejslides travel freely 'l 3l. denotes pins vseeured in the front and baek platesfonwhieh llanged rollers 45. and 46 are mounted to rotate.

iny grooves 29 and @are separated andretained in operative' position by enlargements 47 on the present instance a 'metallic strip, which' liasses :througlrthe slides and alternately (')ne end-oi vthe llexible grouping;

ofthe grouping-upright. l Nutsjf). and 5 1 on.

oppositesides of the eye provide a m'ean'sfor4 adjusting rod 48'to regulatethe lengt-li of the flexible grouping 'member in assembling and' for looking the rod in place'at'er adjustment. 42 denotes a' flexible returningmem-lier, in the resent instance a metallic; strip, one end of Wl The' grou ingfupright, which as a- These rollers lie mediately. above'- tlie first lich is rigidly secured. .to astud43 inthe 1 grouping upright, This y flexible returning member passes.- through the 'slidesand 'altere nately about rollers 35 on' the sl-ides and'roll; ers 4 6 on. pins 31,'.then overl'anged rollers '523 and 53,fand 1s provided at 'its'ree end with afyo .weight 54 and ja suitable shook-absorbingdevieegvin the present instante a dash-pot eo'mprising a tube' 55,' provided with .openings -56 vO-tinsr i In normal 'or regular voting' the reaping flexible member is looked upon-eac .pnlley-f '45h51 means of a' rietion-,shoe 4 1 earriedby 'a screw 5 7,- Wh-ioh passesv 'through and' engages'end strip 38. Thesefrietionfshoesjare to permit escape of air, sothat theweight will drop without shoekand'will return the? slides to their normal position .jafter'fgroi'p #held against -rotation byv means 'of pins 58, which pass into .guidefholesr-inthe shoes, each In setting up :the machine the l'engthOf each flexible `member regulatedto permit.'v one" slack thereinfand no' more. ThisV is. rf-.- 'feoted by movingone' Ivoting meinber'ine'aeh line ofvoting members'tothe voting vposition and tlientaking'up the' extra. s laekjinv e'aeh `flexible memberbymeansof the tur-nbuekle.

.This is'elleeted fby moving one voting member'in each line if-voting membersto the vot-' ing position and lthen taking u' 'thefslaek in theller'rible groupingmember `y tightening The length of the flexible grouping member' is likevv1s'eregulated to. permit 4one Slank in each-line' 'ofi grouping members vand rio-.more

up threaded rod 48 in eye49 by means of nuts 5 0 'and 51,' IThisis'a permanent adjustmentand. need not 'bechanged -unless to' take up vstretch in the flexible 'rouping member. Y

' The operation is 'as ollowjs: ln :Fig l; eight i lirst line from the -topj is vnot grouped- The seeend, third, fourth, fifth, sixth', and seventh' are'greezped, In regular voting the slides 33e' f are-.all looked by looking flexible grouping member 44,4 both sides 'ofeaoh slide.' This'is' effected' by moving frietion-shoes 41V forward" and clamping the flexiblegrouping'-member against1rollers`45, which Will'be' readily iinf. dersteod 'from llllig. 1' in eonneotionjwitli Figf 2, inwhieha shoe is shown in (ne retractedposition.' v llVhfen part 4ofthe llines of voting stated.. 'as' follows; .The friction-shoes, 'a ove' and'below' the slide belongingA to each-line of members are grouped andfpart not grouped, the rule for setting up 'the'rnaeliine ma' "be voting; lin ernl'aers not grouped are caused to( 'clamp-the. flexible rouping member uponthe corres' ending-rol ers 45 ',jand. all friction- I l1.2.54

,engagementf'withthe -Ilexible grouping' member, as clearly shown.-

's hoes" etwfeenthe' up er and" lwer' grouped lines are m'ovedout.' o

It should be noted -tlia't' the frietion-shoe'im# the. friction-sh oey immediate rouped line and 'i y'belovv thelastfrgo on both 'grouped line must be in the clamping osi tion, and, furthermore, that the frlctionfs oes sides of all lines not grouped must'be v in the clamping position.

' It is of course well understood that votingtrance and eX-it? mechanism, so called,- which are not illustrated, as they-'form no' porl tion of- .the present invention. In the;present'v instance the operation ofthe entrance mech?4 anism -mo'ves the'- wedge-bars ,or .resettingslides from theirnormal or lockin position toward the left tothe'position in W ich vthey are shown in Fig. 1 ,le'avin'gthe votingmem# bers unloclred and free to be operated, either, singly or by means of the partyflevers. Op'

eration of the voting members 4causes 'them to bend or flex the iieuible me1nbers,'which, as the right end4 of each flexible member is se;- eured to a iixed part of thefmachine, (not shown,) draws the corresponding). slidesft 45,'leavmg viding for group voting the friction-shoes bewardthe ri ht. 'When nothing' ut regular voting is to' eprovided for, all-of thefriction'- -slices are moved forward and the liexible member is locked upon each roller groupin g the slides 33 all locked.- In protween the first and last grouped lines are loosenedJ as already explained, this b e'ing"l all that is required Vto set up lines of voting members for groupvoting--that is to'say, it

and last grouped lines, sothat allthe lslides between and including the rst and" last grouped lines are left free; Eachtime a voting member is operated the corresponding slide is moved. toward the right lthe 'certain predeteri'nined' :distance permitted by the amount of slaelrin the-iiexible'member';

erated, the corresponding slide is moved again V'the samedistance toward the4 right, the -required'amoun't of slack being takenfrom' the' slacks in the i'lexible'membersof the other grouped lines, the released flexiblev grouping member lpermitting -th'eslides ofthe grouped lines to move lfreely. The same'is trueif three 4o r'an'y other number of voting C) members in the same line are operated up to the entire number of grouped lines, it being understood, of course, that nomore votes can be east in any line than the entire number of grouped lines and that the votes may be east at will in the grouped-lines, allin'one groul ed line, one in each grouped line, or anyV nunr er in any `grouped line up to the entire number of grouped lmes. l Each operation of a voting member after the first produces an up'vgard movement ofthe weight in tube 5 5` through the pull upon the flexible returning member ma s' by movement of the ,slide toward'the right. In practice the parts are so ction is provided upon theV votingmem-4 I' plrioportioned' and adjusted and su'l'Iieient After the grouping.. member :will

simply necessaryto release the grouping member its entire length between the first l Ital' secondl voting member in the same line .is op passes alternately 'bers torinsnrethat whilethevoung members.

may 'be operated easily 'they will remain thel voting position 1 when once'- placed' there.,

'and the lWeight-'will remain in the raised posi# In rie-miie saline atm we @here been groupedgjend a; vobeghasg-been'east in 'The next `seven llines havejbeen that I ine: grouped, onevote; being east: inthe second groupefd line, I

sie@ en.. a.. e...

urth, i and three in' the' 1sixth g grouped line, f making seven ,votes (bastinthe group eom-- prising'theseven ouped lines.` I

comp eti'o'npf-the'voting' opera; tion the voteron leavingt'h'e'maehine o era'tes exit mechanism, (not'shownyione o 'they functions of which istio move the Wedgeeb ars orresettingislides' from' the position `in`Fi`g. 1

toward the right, 'vvhe'rebythel locking-lugs j of the voting members are' enga ed -and the voting members are returned to t Ver normal or non-voting'position-fthatis,"to the posi-4 'tion-in which. l the voting Vmembersappear.'

iii the-rifa, sah, amsmath-grouped lineare and are' locked there.v Theme-tant the vo ting member'sarereturned to their normal or non-voting positron' the weightwiii 'dropje the tube,- but Without shoclg, and the'fiexi'ble their normal pos ition leaving the iiexible members-taut and ready for the next voting operation.'

The formillustrated'in' Fi s. .3. 'and '.4 dif;- fers from-the formf just deseried inimim or-4 -tant details-of.fe'ons,truction,. and, furt eradjustm'ent ofthe slides toprovide for a conreturnA theslides', to I dition in vvhich tlere'is-a group of candidates to bevo'ted fom-'but some'iof'the parties for Whieh'the machine is tobesetup, While they havemade non'iin'ations of'4 candidates for oiiices to -bevoted'for regularly, havemade no nominations of candidates to be voted for ina group or have indors'ed the 'nominations "of some other party for the offices' .to be voted f for in a group. In this form the slides,

which are indicated as a Wholeby 33', as b e fore., consist ofplates 60, .sedured together by. cross-'pins 61, Withblocks '6;2 interposed be.- 'tween theA plates, thel pins passing 'through the blocks.` The rollers: are m'unte tween the-plates of 4the slides, fand 'the .slides themselves instead of the rollers engage and travel in slots -29 in the grouping-upright. The 'liexible members 2 8 are secured to the l blocks in e'achslide. toward 'the front 'of thed be iig

vmachineby.being passed around it and then riveted, as at,63.1 Iny this form the slides carry vrollers 35 and 350, as before, and rollers 45 and-46 are carried by pins'3'1, secured in the frontend back plates of the groupingupright. 4The lexib about rollers 3.50 -and 45, (the latter 'not shown inthis form,) as before, andthe iexible returning .member 42 (not e grouping member 44,'

'roo more', in that We haveprovided an additional members to shown-in this form'flpasses alternately about rollers 35 and 46, as before. The fric-tiem' shoes "41 a'lsooperate in this form precisely as intheotherform. vThe im ortant feature of difference .in this'formis t at each slide 33 v has-rigidly secured theretoa'threaded rod 64,'

Which passes loosely through 'end strip 3 8 oi' v the grouping-upright. 'Each 'threaded rod #cated to ether by .65) and on the opposite or outer ,si e of strip 38 with a nut-'and setnut',

4(indicated together' by 66.) Ihe turni buckles are dispensed/with in this form, and

thegadju'strnent of the length of thefleirible ipermit the. operation ofa single; voting mem erf. in 'each line and to take up the stretch of use is effected by means of nuts When it is not desired tense nuts 6 6, as'

saidnilts may' o removed'rorn the rod or v-turned-outfar enough toward the outer ends 'thereof to befino 'erative and left there. ease, however, t at all of the: parties in the eylfieldbave not made' nominations for the ofin regular votin or in ordinary group voting,

Inf

are brought in toiuse'l' It should be understood thatjwhen nuts 66 are not used the op-v regular voting. For regularvotingsaid nuts 66i`are so adjusted on rods. 64 as to permit one -slack in the-flexible member andno 'moreas, for example, inthe l'upper line in 8 which, it will be noted is set four regularvot-5 ing by the engagement of friction-shoes 4l. that the ends ot vtliescrevgns engage t l1e il eXi- With-the iiexiblej'grouping' member on the corresponding.rollersfl above and beloxv'this line; ,The/second, third, fourth, iifth, and sixth linesjarefshown asset for group-voting and' nuts. 6 6 inust beso adjusted on rods 6.4 as'. `to permit' as many slacks -in each flexible n ijemberns therel arenomination'sim thatV nations-in alinethe nuts on--thie rod -64 corresponding' to that lineare .turned out? Wardonftherod just .farenou h to permitl i 'fthree slacks' .to 'be' placed inthe exible mem' ber corresponding to that 'line and no more ,'so that when three slacks have beenplaced inthat flexible member the nuts- 66 --will 'be .i

drawninto engagement vwith the outerface of 'end strip.- 38 and lwill rendei` it imp ossible to place any more .slacks that flexible 1 thatisQthe second, third, fourth, fifth', 4and six th.lines-lf-,are 1 set, 13o-permit' three'slafcksfin the flexible f neinberV corresponding with each in nominationfor these offices.` As indicated,-

.4.. flexible grouping member are "shown as pro- 4'avid-ed 'with vconcave sides -and the --pitch is such as 'to place the midle'ngth o-alink inaline, two in third, and two in the fourthv and nonein either the second or iifgthgrouped linesg The use otrods l64 and nuts 66v in addition to :renderingit 'impossible :for a voter to vot-e for more candidates in aline than there are nominations in 'th-atlinc renders it im ossiblefor a -voter to de rive himself members in party-columns in which no n ominations have been made for the ofiiees to be' voted for iin-a group.

yThe form illustrated igs. 5 and .Gdiiiers from the'forms illustratedinFigs. 1 and 2 and Figs. 3. and- 4in that acliain is substitutedor a-metallic strip as a flexible group? Ving member and the ieXible'returning-member and with it rollers 35 and- 46 are dispensed "with, '4 The s lidesconsist of plates secured 'of iis rightfiilvote by manipu ating voting together by.' rivets o'r otherwise and 'are 're-1" turned to their normal position after'a voting operation by different means, 'and' a variant form of connection tol the slides is provided for vthe .exible members." The rollers are n'io-unted between the plates ,of lthe slides,

and the slides themselves engage the-grooves 2-9 inthe grouping-upright, as in 'Figs'. 3 and The linkslofthe chain'jemployed as a position tobe lengaged'by the end ofte-ach sereW.5 7,-jtl 1us'doin,q away ivith the i'rietion-- shoes used'i'n the otherforins otherwise the Aoperation-oi screws 571to lockf .thefi'lexiblc grouping member to rollers 4,54 i'stheI same ble grouping member l'instead of frictionslices. The lexible members (not shown in this form) 4are 'connected to the I slides by" engage-the. rods and bearl against the end' Walls of openings 69.in'the slides. The oper.-`v

ation' 'o t'l 'setting'.` up v'the--Inac'hir'ie foreither regular or group vdtinpg.l is the saine as .that illustrated in Figs'. l and'2; this form the machine is shown asset up for regular voting. f To set 'up for.: group. '.votn1g, it. is-su'nply necessar to loosen all screws-57 between the iir'st an last linest'o grouped as before.

After a' voting operation. the ,slides are 'ree' Aturned to their normalv positionby means of' a vertical returning'. bar -or.- -b ars 7 0. 'These bars" are moved laterally .toward---the right byi the entrance mechanism and connections "'(n'ot shown) to .release the slides and are moved laterally toward-the left'by the .exit `-mech-anism and1conne'ctions(not shown) to "retjirn the slides totheirnormal positiolrf ifotingniaohine theconihination lol? x 3.o.

yiin'rible members,4 slidesi'tof'wliicli they are connected, a iiexble .grouping member 'pass-` through' the slides, means onlocking' the iiexi'ble grouping member- 'both sides ofeach slide'a'nd means .for returning the. slides to their"l normal position faite! fa Voting 'opera'-i con.

of the flexible members, means, for locking theflcxible' grouping memberboth sides of 'each'.slide and means forfreturningthe slides tothelr normal position after a voting operation.A

' 3. '-Inia voting-machine.thefcombinationof flexible'members, slides to .which ,they are connected,A tur'nbuckles' intermediate the fiex-ible' membersand the slides, a flexible grouping member. passing through the slides,

means forflo'cking the flexible grouping mem-- ber both sides of each Slide and means for returning .the slides to 4theirnorrn'al positionv after a voting operation,

1 In a votingemachine the combination connected; agroup-ing-upright in which the slides reciprocate, a `flexible grouping member .passing through the slides each end'beingl c onnectedjtofthe upright, means 4f orlocking the flexible grouping I'nembel"A both sides of each slideand meanslforre'turning' Athe slides to theirnormal positionafter a voting operae A flexible-members slides to which they are tion.

5. In a voting-machine the combination of connected, rollers- 350 on. the s'lides,a 'groupe ing-upright in .which the slides reciprocate andwhich` is provided with roller's45, -a flexible groupingmember .connected to the up- -right above and below the slides and ,passing alternate] about the rollers on the slides and the uprig t, means for locking theflexible' grouping member to rollers45 and means for returning the slides to their normal position after a voting operation.

6. In a voting-machine the combination of flexiblelinembers', slides to which they are connected, rollers350 on the slides, a roupsai inouprightjhavinA grooves in 'whie roIlers tr-avel andgw ichis provided with rollers.A 45 a 'flexible-grouping .'memb er; connected to the upright above and below the slides 'and passing alternatelyr about the rollers on the slides andthe upr1ght, means for locking the r flexible grouping member to rollers- 45 and 'means for returning the slides to their normal position after la voting operation'.

7. In a.votingmachine the comb'nation .of

flexible members, .slides to which the are connected, a groupin '-upright-in'whic the slides reciprocate, a exible grouping member passing through the slides and connected to the upright at each end, one of saideon- 'nections being adjustable, -Ineans for locking In a votingsmachinethe combination' of 1 flexible '-lmembers, Vslides toj- 'which ,they are' A connected, means for,4 adjusting the length flexible members, slides to which the connected, a-,grouping-upright in which `slides reciprocate, a flexible grouping'member passing through the. slides, means for acl-- flexible grouping'member both sides of each 'slide and 'meansfor returning the slides -to' their 'norn'fial'position'V after a voting opera.

tion.

' 8. Ina voting-.machine the combination of flexible members, 'slides' towhichthey are ',connected, a grouping-upright in which the slidesreciprocate, a iiexlble grouping mem? ber passing through the slides and connected tofthe uprightbelow the slides, an eye on the ,upright above the slides, a. threadedrod pass- 'ing'loos'ely through theeye to' which.' the upper end of' the'fie'xible grouping member is connected, and nuts 'engaging said red and 'the opposite sides of the eye by which the liexib e grouping member is adjusted. 9. In a voting-machine the combination of are the..

justing 'the length ofy the flexible members andthe flexible grouping member, and means Y for lookin the'- flexible grouping member above and elow each slide.

10. In a voting-machinethe combination of fiexible memberaslides to which they are i.

connected, Irollers 350, on the slides, a groupfing-uprightl in which the slides reciprocate and which is provided' with rollers'45, la ilexiblegrouping member connected to the 11p-.i -rightland passing alternately about the'ro llers on the slides and the upright, frictionshoes for'clamping the flexible grouping mem- 'ber to rollers 45 and screws engaging the up- `right .by'which the vfriction-shoes arecarried.

11'. Infa voting-machine the combination IOO of flexible members, slides to which they are i connected, rollers 350`onthe slides, a group' ing-upright in Iwhich the .slides 'reciprocate and which is provided with rollers 4 5, a flexible grouping member connected to thel u 'right and-passing alternately'about: the ro lers on ther slides and the upright, frictionshoesfor clamping thelflexible grouping mem ber to rollers 45, screws passing through the upright, Vby which the-friction-shoes are carried, pins extending from the upri ht and en* gaging theshoes, and setfn'uts for ocking the :shoes after adjustment.

.1"2. In a votingernachine the combination of flexible members, slides to which the are connected, rollers 35 and 35() on the sli es, a groupin -upright in which the slides reciprocate an which is provided with rollers 45 and 46, a liexible grouping member connected tothe upright and passin alternately about rollers 45 and 350 a flexi le returning member connected to the upright below the slides and passing alternately about rollers 435 and 46, anda wei 'ht connected to the flexible returningmem er.

13. In `a voting-machine the combination of flexible members, slides to which the 4are IIS connected, rollers 35 and 350 on the sli es, a x30 to the uprightbelow the slides and passingalternately about rollers 35 and 46,- rollersl slides.

14. Ina voting-machine the-combination "throu -l\l11gs, flexible` membersengaged thereby in 't eao lexib e members .are connected, a lexible' l grouping member passing through thefslides,

i ber vaboveand below each slide, means for reof Ale'z'rible n iembe'rs,` slides to vvhichlthey'jare 1 .-right, nuts on said rodsor number ofslaek's givenl to the flexible memgrouping-upright in which the slides.recipro'" cate an which is provided with rollers 45 and 46,18, llexible grouping. member connected -to the upright' above and belon7 the slidesf and passing alternately about rollers 45 and 435), a flexlble returning member connected above. the slidesover-Whie'h the flexible' returning member passes',.a Weight' en saidmember and a dash-pot in Whichthe Weight 'of ilexib'le members, slides to 4which they are ing throu h the slides an' means for locking the. lexib e groupingmember both sides of. eaehslide.A j

15. In 'a voting-machinev the combination of --voting members, flexible members en# gaed .thereby in the-o jeration of voting, sli es to 'which' the leXibe members -arecmv; nested, a flexiblegroupng memberpassing the slides, means for locking the` lllarib e grouping member both sidesof each s e: bers and means forreturning the'slid'es aftera voting operation.

1f); In of. voting members .provided i Withlockingeration of voting, slides to .which the means for'locking thel flexible 'grouping' mem- 'v y turning theslides 'after a voting operationl 'and 'reciprocating Wedge'- bars whiehengagef the locking-lugs' to. reset 'the votingmembers after. a .votmg operation;

171.- Infa Votmg-.machine'the,combination I connected, v'-a grouping-upri ht in which "the slides. 'reci ro'cate, Vthreade "rods .extending from the sides and-passing' l determining't ey llexible grou ing mem --the slidesan connected tothe upright and -a .voting-machinethecombination throughthen sum1 grouping member passing through the slides and connected to the upright'and'rneans for locking the-vexible grouping member both sidesof each slide.

18. Ina voting-machine the 'combination of -exible memb ers ,slides to. which they are connected, a grouping#upright in which the slides reciprocate and which is provided with anend. strip 38, threaded rods extending from l theslides 4 and passing through said. .end strip a nut 6'5 on said rod between the 'slides` .and'

the end strip, a nut 66 on saidrodoutside the end strip, for the purpose set/forth, a er passing throngh means for locking the flexible grouping meme ber-above and' below each slide.,

19:11u 'a voting-machine the combination 4.ofvoting members provided with lockingf lugs, flexible -mem'bers engaged "thereby 1n "theoperation of 'votingvoting-memberup; Y 70-y rights provided With-.lugs 2.1, sides to {Which the ilexible members are connected, -alexiblegrouping`v member passing through the .slides, means for lo'ckingtheflexible grou means -for 'returning Vthe voting rnern-` ingxm'e'mber "above and below each e. means -forreturning the slides afterravotln orted by lugs'21 which 4en agel the lockingug`s to reset thevoting mem ers'.-l

2 0. vIn a voting-.machine the combination o fllslides, .allexiblegrouping member passing 't 'ou AnrHUR 1 3.-CAM1?.

Witnesses:

'" Kennen, ED. -Hasxns h saidslides and means for lock ng.tl 1e, grouping' member both `'sides of each- 75. operatio'ntandreciprocating Wedge-bars Supse t 

